44 6 Salmon s thrhal. Lib. I. 
LX XV i. 4. Gramen Caninum fupmum arvenje , 
Low bending Dogs-Grifs. It has a Root which 
creeps math under Ground, but in a differing man- 
ner, the Stalks taking Root in feveral places, and 
fcarcely railing themlelves up a Foot high , with 
fuch like green Leaves as the firif kind, but Ihorter ; 
the fpiked head is bright and fparfed, or fpread a- 
broad, much like to the Field-Grafs. 
Dogs -Grafs lying along. 
LXXVIl. 5. Gramen Murorum Radice repent e , 
W all-Grafs with a creeping Root. Its Root is black- 
ifh, and fpreading abroad, from which fpring forth 
many fmall Stalks, a Foot high, bending or crook- 
ing, with a few narrow fhort Leaves on them, at 
whofe tops ftand fmall white Panicles, of an Inch 
and half long, confifting of many fmall chaffie husks. 
LXXVIIL 6 . Gramen Caninum bulbofum vel no- 
dofum vulgar efCommon bulbed or knobbed Dogs-Grafs. 
It has for its Roots three, or four, or more round 
white Bulbs or Knobs , one fet upon the head of a- 
nother , with feveral Fibres underneath them , from 
the uppermoft of which fpring forth feveral long 
hard graffie Leaves, fhatp at the edges, and in the 
middle of them a jointed Stalk, with three or four 
fuch like Leaves upon them, at the top of which is 
a long Panicle, fpread into many parts, like to that 
of Oats , whereunto fome have compared it. Lob el 
has another fort hereof, differing little in any part 
but the Roots, which are fmall and round, and fet at 
diltances all along the Roots, and full as fweet as 
the other. The firft of thefe is the Gramen nodofum 
avenacea plurna Bauhini , who queltions whether it be 
not the Jig Hops P/ini /, which has a kind of bulbous 
or tuberous Root. 
LXX 1 X. 7. Gramen Caninum nodofum fpica par- 
va Tuberous or Knobbed Grafs with a fmall round 
fpike. It has a fmall whitifh round Bulb or Knob 
for the Root, with fmall Fibres under it, {hooting 
forth from the head thereof another, fomething like 
unto a Bulb, but much fmaller , and like a {lender 
knob , with a fmall jointed Stalk above it , and a 
long narrow pointed Leaf at each of them , being 
hfour or live Inches long, and at the top one fhort 
foft fpiked head , fomething like to the head of 
Cat stall- Grafs. 
L XXX. 8. Gramen Caninum Geniculatum majus , 
The greater Kneed Grafs. It has a large fibrous 
buffiy Root, from whence fpring many long trailing 
Branches upon the Ground, with feveral great Joints 
on them, and {hooting out Fibres from thofe Joints 
which lye next the Ground , l'o that it does fome- 
times run twenty Foot in length, with one long 
Leaf at each Joint, fmall at the end, but broadeft 
below , from which , as well as at the top , come 
forth divers fmall long fpikes of chaffie husks , of 
an over worn color , which Stalks and Joints are fo 
full of a moft pleafant Juice, that it feeds Cattel 
much better than any other Hay, and therefore thofe 
Husbandmen who have it growing in their Grounds 
do keep the Hay thereof for their chief Winter {fore, 
and inltead of Provender •, this is that which is com- 
monly called Dutch Grafs , and grows very plenti- 
fully in Plantations in Florida , and other parts of 
the Weft Indies. 
LXXXI. 9. Gramen Geniculatum minus , The lef- 
fer Kneed-Grafs. The Root is fibrous or thready, 
like the former , this Grafs creeps not fo much on 
the Ground as the greater does , but fpreads more 
upright with its Stalks, whofe Joints are not alto- 
gether fo great as the other, and have at their tops 
fpiked heads, which are fomewhat larger than thofe 
of the greater Kind , and of a fadder overworn 
color. 
LXXXII. 10. Gramen Caninum Geniculatum Ma- 
ritimum fpicatum , Sea fpiked Dogs-Grafs. It has a 
long creeping Root, full of Joints, with many fmall 
Fibres running from the Joints , and creeping much 
under Ground; from feveral of the Joints of this 
Root fpring up feveral jointed Stalks , about a Foot 
